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A photograph taken indoors at night under bright ceiling lights in a open-sided workshop with a corrugated roof and a cinder-block wall. A crowd of roughly two dozen people in white clothing stands in a semicircle around a stone sculpture workspace. A woman in a leopard-print top stands at the centre, gesturing as she speaks. A man in a white kurta with an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace stands among the group. Foreground includes a large cream carved stone ornament with openwork foliage and a dark bronze or metal figure on a plinth to the right. Some onlookers wear white tees and lanyards. The scene looks like a guided visit or demonstration around carved and cast religious artwork.

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November 09 20132013-11-09November 09 20132013-11-09November 09 20132013-11-09A workshop photograph shows a group of about twenty people in white clothing standing around a striped rug where a large ornate silver object lies, with a circular engraved silver disc in front and gold-coloured pieces nearby. A woman in a leopard-print sari stands at left beside a black table draped in orange cloth holding gold items, speaking to the group. Several people in white dhotis and kurtas, and a woman in an orange and red sari, look on. A cameraman is visible at upper left. The setting is a plain concrete-walled hall with fluorescent lights and metal workbenches at right. The image is captioned as a 2013 Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam archive photo.2013-11-09November 09 20132013-11-09February 21 20162016-02-21November 20 20102010-11-20November 20 20102010-11-20November 20 20132013-11-202006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA night-time photograph of a ritual at an outdoor shrine, with smoke drifting through the dim scene. In the centre, a shaven-headed priest with his back to the camera wears an orange dhoti with a green-and-red border and a white upper cloth, and a bright lamp or light glows above his head. Around him stand several men in white dhotis and shirts, many holding flower garlands, metal plates and offerings. A large black-and-white patterned serpent body lies across the foreground, beside a rocky mound. On the right, a man in an orange robe stands among others in white, with brass vessels and lamps on the ground. Behind them, a banyan-like tree hangs overhead.2004-12-31A photograph inside a large, bare hall with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel trusses. Seven men stand in a loose line on a concrete floor, most in white ritual clothing: white kurta-style shirts and white dhotis. Several wear orange or saffron shawls over the shoulders and one wears a rudraksha mala. The central figure in an orange-saffron robe with long, swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala stands in front of a small golden deity murti set on a striped woven mat. A man in white with his hands joined stands at the right edge. The room has a stage area with colourful pillars in the background.2007-08-08